Shoe-brush.



FRANCIS CHADWICK CLARK, OF KANSAS CITY, KANSAS.

siren-BRUSH.

specication f Leraar-nent. l Patented A110-, 21, 1917,

Application le'd January 31, 1917. Serial No. 145,632.

To all whom it may concern: r

' Be it known that I, FRANCIS CHADwIoK CLARK, a'citizen of the United States,^residing atKansa's City, in the county of Wyandotte and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Brushes, of lwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in shoe brushes, and my object is to provide a simple andvcomplete de'- vice of this character"incorporating coacting means for holding a box of blacking, means for applyingthe blackingtoshoes, and means for polishing theshoes after the blacking has been applied thereto. 1

In order that the invention maybe fully understood, reference will now be made to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a shoe brush constructed in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is aplan view of the shoe brush..

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section on line III- IIIof Fig. 2.

Fig. 4= shows the dauber of the brush'adjusted in forward position to apply blacking to the shoes.

In carrying out the invention, I employ a primary handle 1, provided at its reduced forward portion with a recess 2te receive a box of blacking A. The underside of said primary handle 1 is covered with a polishing element 3 consisting, preferably, of a thick sheet of felt or other suitable material.

5 designates a supplemental handle, the rear ortion of which is adapted to t intol an o -set 6 in the upper portion of the primary handle 1, to which it is operably-connected by links 7 and 8. The forwardportion of said supplemental handle 5 has a tubular shaft 9 journaled and slidably mounted therein and rovided at its upper end with a knob- 10 and) at its lower end with a dauber 11, which is normally disposed above the box of blacking as disclosed by rIhe lmob 10 has a central opening therethrough communicating with the interior of the tubular vshaft 9, so that water may be introduced therethrough to the bristles of the dauber 11, to moisten said bristles preparatory to rubbing them over the blacking. One side of the upper portion of the dauber isnormally held against a stop 12, on the underside 0f the .Supplemental handle 5? by a coil spring 13 secured at its upper end to the tubularshaft 9 and at its lower end to a sidewall of a recess 14 formed in the top of the supplemental handle 5 to receive said spring 13. f

16 designates a cover to close the top of thefblacking'box A to exclude dust therefrom an'd prevent the blacking from drying outv when the brush is not in use. Said cover has two .depending flanges 17 which snugly flt opposite sides of the forward portion of the primary handle 1 and thus hold the cover plate in place. It is also provided with an upturned handle'18 whereby it may be grasped preparatory to removing it or applying it to the handle 1.

When it is desired to use the brush, the cover 1G is removed and water is introduced tothe bristlesof the dauber 11 through the knob 10 and the tubular shaft 9. After thus moistening the bristles of the dauber, the knob 10 is rotated about a half revolution to the right and at the same time pressed downwardly to cause the bristles of the dauber to rub over the blacking in the box A. After the dauber has been thus coated with the blacking,the knob 10'is released,

whereupon it is pushed upwardly and rotatedbackwardly to normal position against the stop-12,;.by the spring 13. The supplemental handley 5 is then adjusted forwardly to the position disclosed by Fig. 4.-, so that the-'dauber `11 with its coating of blacking can berubbed over theshoes. Afterthe blacking has been applied to the shoes, the supplemental handle 5v is adjusted backwardly to its normal position, Fig. 1, to coact withthe primary handle 1 in affording a convenient grip to the user who then oroceeds to polish his shoes by rubbing the polishing element 3 thereover.

From the foregoing description, it is apparent that I have produced a shoe brush embodying all of the features of advantage above enumerated, and while I have shown and described the preferred form of invention, .I reserve the right to make such changes in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts as properly fall within the spirit andscope of the claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

l. Ina device of the character described,

a primary handle having ytwo offsets in itsy upper portion, said primary handle having a recess to hold a boxy of blacking, a 'dauber adapted to be rubbed over thev surface of said blacking, and a supplemental handle carrying the dauber and operably-connected to the primary handle to move into position in either of the offsets therein and adording a gripping Vsurface in all positions thereof.

In a device ofy the character described, a primary handle having a recess to receive a box of blacking in one end thereof, an offset ablove the recess terminating in a shoulder at the opposite end of the primary handle, a shiftable supplemental handle for seating on said offset and having its movementfrestricted by engagement of one end thereof with said shoulder, a dauber carried by the opposite end of said supplemental handle, and links .connected at their ends to the two handles and extending across the joints therebetween to guide and limit the movement of the supplemental handle away from said shoulder. f

3. In a device of the character described,

i a primary handle having a cut-out in its upper face terminating at one end in a shoulder and having a blacking box receiving part in .front of the other end of the cut-out, a shift-able supplemental handle received in said cut-out and having one end engageable with the shoulder tolimit the movement of the supplemental handle in the cut-out, a shiftable supplemental handle in said cut-out and having one end engage- Copies of thisv patent may be obtained for .extending substantially flush with thel end of the primary handle adjacent the blackv ing box recess, and a dauber carried by said opposite end of the supplemental handle.

5. In a `device of-the type set forth, a primary handle, a shiftable supplemental handle thereon,r said primaryv handle having a blacking box holding part and said supplemental handle having one end movable over and beyond said part, a dauber carried by said supplemental handle and normally arranged over said box holding part, spring means to normally hold the dauber'out of engagement with the blacking, and means to i supply water to the blacking through said supplemental handle. 6; In a device of the type set forth, a pri-` mary handle, a shiftable supplemental handle, means to guide said 'supplemental vhandle, said primary handle being formed with an upper part and a lower part, the latter located in advance of the upper part to enable said supplemental handle to seat on either part, and a dauber, said dauberl being connected to the supplemental handle sothat when the latter seats on the lower part the dauber will project outfrom the primary handle an'd when the supplemental handle seats on the upper part the dauber will be held in superposed relation to said lower. part. In testimony whereof I aiix my signature, in the presence' of two witnesses.

FRANCIS oHADwIoK CLARK.

' Witnesses:

F. Gr.: FISCHER, L. JV.,V FisoHnR.

ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). C. v 

